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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
2
Suggestions for embroidery feature a full line of novelties including stamped aprons jabots and bags. The text promotes various embroidery notions and colors in white and mentions hoops threads and related items for holiday giftmaking.
A neophyte in the electrical field notes that electricity powers diverse sectors from arsenals to candy factories and from textiles to dental offices. The piece extols electricity as the universal servant, driving machines in mills, lighting homes, manufacturing goods, and enabling modern daily tasks across countless industries.
A fragment notes that mentioning all items would require many columns. It hints at a wide range of subjects and the impracticality of listing every detail in a single space. No specific names or dates are provided.
Fred W Van Meter formerly cashier for Mutual Benefit Life Insurance pleads guilty to embezzling 15000 and is sentenced to eighteen months in San Quentin by Superior Judge Cabaniss. He sought probation but was denied and admitted spending the money in high living to keep up with wealthy friends. He has a wife and several children after fifteen years with the company.
Mrs Oscar Brown, by attorney George Freeman, sues Glenn county under the Roseberry Employers' Liability Law for damages from her husband Oscar Brown's death after he fell from the county hospital roof while painting. Freeman says the widow is entitled to 2150 dollars and if no settlement is reached the state liability claims board will hear the case.
Tickling in the throat and hoarseness signal the need for Ballard's Horehound Syrup. It eases the lungs quiets the cough and restores health in the bronchial tubes. Prices 25c 60c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by A C Koeppen & Bros.
Excavations of the baths of Caracalla in Rome under Professor Valle uncover subterranean maze corridors and well paved streets. Temples to eastern gods and numerous statues including Venus Rising from the Sea and a magnificent Gladiator are found. A library used by bathers on hot afternoons is discovered, but its contents remain secret.
Kinsey killed himself in Wichita after a death by own action agreement tied to a bank robbery plan. He allegedly discussed the plot with a woman at his home, Mrs Swinney, who denied knowledge of the plan but said they had planned to leap from a bridge into the Mississippi river. Kinsey left on Tuesday and did not return. Mrs Swinney later drank poison. her condition was not serious.
A Russian cartoonist mocked press censorship by showing a traincar newspaper production halted by a censor town police and a cashier collecting fines. The last car became a prison, with the punch line asking where the editorial department is. The real censor forbade publication of the drawing.
Weak from drugs and fever, Hendrick Cerecil Burke once chief resident for the Dutch on Celebes lies in Vancouver jail charged with vagrancy. Over sixty, a drifting derelict, he muttered in old Malay dialects amid suspected strychnine overdose. Born to Dutch Irish parents, he held high posts in the Malay archipelago and was educated in Holland.
In Hillsboro Oregon two Oregon Electric substation helpers Dewitt Perry and N J McFarland died from electrocution in the high tension chamber at Moffat. The accident occurred at about five pm after a blown fuse revealed the fatal contact. McFarland showed life but died after doctors failed to revive him. Perry also died. Wires eight feet high and a burned steel tapeline were found near the scene.
Mrs Dorothy Swinney told police that she and Freder... planned an agreement but he chose to act alone resulting in death by his own hand. Authorities note the case centers on an existing pact and the subsequent fatal action.
Both men aged 21, Ry's home in Forest Grove and McFarland resident of Portland. They had been at the station for four weeks and were not electricians, helping install Dew machinery at the facility.
The Times interview reports Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great Britain, considering early retirement and returning to live in the United States. Reid arrived in New York for a brief visit and indicated he may not remain in diplomatic service much longer.
A radiogram from the collier Nero, in Alaska waters, reports the Cordova wireless station is complete and in full commission. The Nero will head to Konak to rebuild the station destroyed by volcanic activity, a task expected to last into next month.
From a letter by a member of the Duke of Connaught’s suite it seems possible that the next trip will be to London with arrangements under consideration. The message hints at forthcoming travel plans and possible engagements in the British capital.
The Duke with the Duchess and Princess Patricia may tour Australia and New Zealand early next year with Ottawa approval expected as part of closer dominion ties. Some women mock insecure husbands who parade with hair off and teeth out at home.
Land parcels from 220 to 2000 acres offered for sale in Ione Oregon. Terms to suit the buyer. Inquiries directed to W. and Smith.
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